2016 Pro Bowl Players Announced

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2016 Pro Bowl Players Announced

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2016 PRO BOWL PLAYERS ANNOUNCED

PRO BOWL KICKS OFF SUPER BOWL WEEK IN PRIMETIME
ON ESPN ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 31

The Carolina
Panthers placed a league-best 10 players in the 2016 Pro Bowl presented by
USAA, which will be played on Sunday, January 31, 2016 and televised live on
ESPN at 7:00 PM ET from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The
Pro Bowl players were determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and
coaches. Each group’s vote counted one-third toward determining the 86 Pro Bowl
selections announced today. Two additional “need” players will be chosen by
each head coach and must be long snappers. The NFL is the only sports league
that combines voting by fans, coaches and players to determine its all-star
teams. In 1995, the NFL became the first professional sports league to offer
online all-star voting.

Players
will be assigned to teams through the Pro Bowl Draft presented by USAA, which
will air on Wednesday, January 27 on ESPN2 (7:30 PM ET). Two Pro Football Hall
of Fame wide receivers – MICHAEL IRVIN
and JERRY RICE – will serve as NFL
Legends captains for the 2016 Pro Bowl. Irvin and Rice return for the second
time after being the winning captains during the previous two Pro Bowls.

Five-time Pro Bowler DARREN WOODSON
(Team Irvin) and two-time Pro Bowler ERIC
DAVIS (Team Rice) will serve as defensive co-captains. The NFL legends will
also each be assisted by two active player captains and one NFL.com fantasy
football champion in the draft process.

The
Pro Bowl will continue using the revised game format that debuted with the 2014
game, with NFL Legends captains having final say over Pro Bowl Draft decisions.
The Pro Bowl will remain “unconferenced,” with several key playing rules changed.
Players were selected without regard to conference in voting by fans, coaches
and players and will later be assigned to teams via the Pro Bowl Draft.

Twenty-five
of the players named to the Pro Bowl today are first-time All-Stars, including
three rookies – running back TODD GURLEY
of St. Louis, return specialist TYLER
LOCKETT of Seattle and cornerback MARCUS
PETERS of Kansas City.

The
AFC had 38 different players named All-Stars and 48 NFC players were honored.

Twenty-six
teams had at least one player selected to the 2016 Pro Bowl and 21 clubs had
multiple players chosen as All-Stars.

The 2016 Pro Bowl coaching staffs will be from the losing teams in the AFC and NFC Divisional playoffs
with the best regular-season records.

Under terms of
the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each player on the winning Pro Bowl team
receives $58,000, while each player on the losing squad earns $29,000.

Tickets
to the 2016 Pro Bowl are on sale through ProBowl.com.
Fans may also purchase individual game tickets through Ticketmaster by calling
1-800-745-3000. Tickets start as low as $30.

Special
group ticket packages, including access to gameday and Pro Bowl practice
experiences, are also available directly through the NFL. Fans can visit ProBowl.com or call 1-844-4PB-TKTS for
more information.

The
2016 Pro Bowl presented by USAA is an extension of USAA’s Official Military
Appreciation Sponsorship of the NFL, which delivers military appreciation
experiences to military, veterans and their families at NFL games, training
camps and on military bases throughout the NFL season. USAA and the NFL will
honor the more than 50,000 military men and women in Hawaii with a number of
military appreciation initiatives throughout the week of Pro Bowl. As a
reflection of USAA’s mission to support military through its sponsorship, the
2016 Pro Bowl Draft presented by USAA will take place at Wheeler Army Airfield.
During the week, USAA will also honor and commemorate the 75th anniversary of
the attack on Pearl Harbor.